Respected Alam Saheb, Assalamu alaikum. I have read your note of gratititude (attached below ) that you have penned down reminiscing half a century back in reference to a write up published in daily Jai Jai Din in commemoration of your father Late Mahbubul Alam- a literary legend of this region. I must say that you are undoubtedly a worthy son of a worthy father. In course of your writing, I have come to know that your great father started his career as a government officer- a Sub-Registrar and as usual, was posted in Raozan or Ranguna or any other "Jongli" thana (as you tried to reminisce) and you mentioned that he, accompanied by his another colleage Sadat Hossen Chowdhury, were passing through agony of "Geyo" environment of the locality. You have used these two Bengali words "Jongli" (to mean backward or barbarous!) and "Geyo" (perhaps rural or rustic). Yes sir, before fifty years, Raozan or Rangunia or any other adjacent thana (now Upazila) was not advanced in transportation and communication or any other infrastructure. It was a common picture of the erstwhile Pakistan or East Pakistan. But the intellectual heritage of Raozan or Ranguna is thousand years old. I don't need to mention hundreds of instances in this short rejoinder. Sir, in respect of infrastructural development, these rural areas were (in Bangla) "Poshadpodo" or "Onogrosor" but were never "Jongli". I beg pardon, I am not showing my pedantic attitude of learning use of words before an eminent journalist and columnist who is now living at the westernmost part of the world. Sir, my grandfather was a B.L. and he afforded my father's education up to M.A. in History at Dacca (Dhaka) University in 1958. My father, disappointing my grandpa's illusion and dream, joined as Headmaster of Fatikchari Coronation High School at a remote and backward place of Chittagong. He continued there till 1969. My maternal grandma still reminisces of the late seventies when she journeyed by pushcart pulled by cows from Nazirhat to Fatikchari High School to see her new born grandson. However. The loneliness and desolation of remote rural area laid a profound impact in the creative mind of your great father, it made him pensive, thoughtful. It impelled him to write in diverse dimensions of life and livelihood. It widened his area of expression. The association of illuminaries like your father with far distant locality enlightened the posterity. O Sir! needless to mention, Sayeed Hussain Chowdhury's maternal home is Raozan, (not only at Raozan!). May Allah bestow you sound health and longevity to eneble to pen more lines to make us aware and conscious. With profound regards. Hasan. --- On Fri, 5/15/09, Moyeenul Alam <moyeenulalam@hotmail.com> wrote:
Daily Jai Jai Din HRC Media Bhavan, Love Road, 446/EFG Tejgaon I.A. Dhaka 1208, Bangladesh
Dear Mr. Chowdhury, Let me---as one of the unworthy sons of a worthy father---express my gratitude to you for publishing the write up on litterateur Mahbubul Alam in the May 10 issue of Jai Jai Din. We deeply appreciate the gesture which is your very thoughtful tribute to a great writer of Bangladesh . We wholeheartedly wish Jai Jai Din Godspeed towards great progress and prosperity. In this regard, I could not control the temptation to write about the one personality who was Mahbubul Alam's most intimate friend in life and he was late Sadat Hussain Chowdhury. This is written as a family legend mainly for your information but also for possible use in whatever way you deem fit. Please let me know if there are any factual inaccuries. I am always ready to be corrected. The Bangla write-up has been done in Bijoy Sutonny font. Please let me know if you face any problem in downloading the write-up in Bangla. I will be really excited to get a response from you in this matter. With my best personal regards, Yours sincerely, Moyeenul Alam, Toronto , Canada email: moyeenulalam@ hotmail.com *ˆ`wbK B‡Ëdv‡K 36 eQimn cÖvq 40 eQi mvsevw`KZv †ckvq Kg©e¨¯— Rxeb KvUv‡bvi ci 1995 mv‡j Aemi MÖnb K‡i KvbvWvevmx n‡q evsjv‡`‡ki GKvwaK msev`c‡Î Kjvg wj‡Lb|
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(gCbyj Avjg) cÖexY mvsevw`K*, KvbvWvevmx| email: moyeenulalam@ hotmail.com *ˆ`wbK B‡Ëdv‡K 36 eQimn cÖvq 40 eQi mvsevw`KZv †ckvq Kg©e¨¯— Rxeb KvUv‡bvi ci 1995 mv‡j Aemi MÖnb K‡i KvbvWvevmx n‡q evsjv‡`‡ki GKvwaK msev`c‡Î Kjvg wj‡Lb|
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